... Arabic script until the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic one. They have been a sect of Islam, Sunni, since the eighteenth century. Chechnya came into Russian rule in 1858 after decades of resistance by Imam Shamil who wished to make an Islamic state of out of Chechnya. During Russia's Civil War from 1917-1920 the Chechens declared themselves a sovereign nation and then the Red Army suppressed them ... in 1920. Russia did grant the Chechens some autonomy when in 1934 they became the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The dictator Stalin came into power and in 1944 dep...

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• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... Arabic script until the Latin alphabet replaced the Arabic one. They have been a sect of Islam, Sunni, since the eighteenth century. Chechnya came into Russian rule in 1858 after decades of resistance by Imam Shamil who wished to make an Islamic state of out of Chechnya. During Russia's Civil War from 1917-1920 the Chechens declared themselves a sovereign nation and then the Red Army suppressed them ... in 1920. Russia did grant the Chechens some autonomy when in 1934 they became the Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. The dictator Stalin came into power and in 1944 dep...

• Word Count: 4426
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: Undergraduate